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Outer Banks, North Carolina, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

6:23 am – 7:38 pm
13 hours, 15 minutes

Current Time: Apr 19, 2024 at 3:53:20 am
Sun Direction: 49° Northeast
Sun Altitude: -27.9°
Sun Distance: 93.368 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2024 4:50 pm (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 6:23 am 75° East
Sunset Today: 7:38 pm 285° West
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2024 Sun Graph for Outer Banks

December 2024 — Sun in Outer Banks

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
16:53 am (117°)4:48 pm (243°)9:55:23−1:025:23 am6:19 pm5:53 am5:48 pm6:25 am5:16 pm11:51 am (32.5°)91.654
26:54 am (117°)4:48 pm (243°)9:54:24−0:595:23 am6:19 pm5:54 am5:48 pm6:26 am5:16 pm11:51 am (32.4°)91.640
36:55 am (117°)4:48 pm (243°)9:53:27−0:565:24 am6:19 pm5:55 am5:48 pm6:27 am5:16 pm11:51 am (32.2°)91.625
46:55 am (117°)4:48 pm (243°)9:52:33−0:535:25 am6:19 pm5:56 am5:48 pm6:27 am5:16 pm11:52 am (32.1°)91.611
56:56 am (117°)4:48 pm (243°)9:51:42−0:505:26 am6:19 pm5:57 am5:48 pm6:28 am5:16 pm11:52 am (32.0°)91.598
66:57 am (117°)4:48 pm (242°)9:50:54−0:485:26 am6:19 pm5:57 am5:48 pm6:29 am5:16 pm11:53 am (31.9°)91.584
76:58 am (118°)4:48 pm (242°)9:50:09−0:455:27 am6:19 pm5:58 am5:48 pm6:30 am5:16 pm11:53 am (31.7°)91.571
86:59 am (118°)4:48 pm (242°)9:49:27−0:425:28 am6:19 pm5:59 am5:48 pm6:31 am5:16 pm11:54 am (31.6°)91.559
97:00 am (118°)4:48 pm (242°)9:48:48−0:395:29 am6:19 pm5:59 am5:48 pm6:31 am5:17 pm11:54 am (31.6°)91.546
107:00 am (118°)4:49 pm (242°)9:48:12−0:355:29 am6:20 pm6:00 am5:49 pm6:32 am5:17 pm11:54 am (31.5°)91.535
117:01 am (118°)4:49 pm (242°)9:47:39−0:325:30 am6:20 pm6:01 am5:49 pm6:33 am5:17 pm11:55 am (31.4°)91.523
127:02 am (118°)4:49 pm (242°)9:47:09−0:295:31 am6:20 pm6:02 am5:49 pm6:33 am5:17 pm11:55 am (31.3°)91.513
137:02 am (118°)4:49 pm (242°)9:46:43−0:265:31 am6:20 pm6:02 am5:49 pm6:34 am5:18 pm11:56 am (31.3°)91.502
147:03 am (118°)4:49 pm (242°)9:46:19−0:235:32 am6:21 pm6:03 am5:50 pm6:35 am5:18 pm11:56 am (31.2°)91.493
157:04 am (118°)4:50 pm (242°)9:45:59−0:205:32 am6:21 pm6:04 am5:50 pm6:35 am5:18 pm11:57 am (31.1°)91.484
167:04 am (118°)4:50 pm (242°)9:45:42−0:165:33 am6:22 pm6:04 am5:50 pm6:36 am5:19 pm11:57 am (31.1°)91.475
177:05 am (119°)4:51 pm (241°)9:45:28−0:135:34 am6:22 pm6:05 am5:51 pm6:37 am5:19 pm11:58 am (31.1°)91.468
187:06 am (119°)4:51 pm (241°)9:45:18−0:105:34 am6:22 pm6:05 am5:51 pm6:37 am5:19 pm11:58 am (31.0°)91.460
197:06 am (119°)4:51 pm (241°)9:45:11−0:075:35 am6:23 pm6:06 am5:52 pm6:38 am5:20 pm11:59 am (31.0°)91.454
207:07 am (119°)4:52 pm (241°)9:45:07−0:035:35 am6:23 pm6:06 am5:52 pm6:38 am5:20 pm11:59 am (31.0°)91.447
217:07 am (119°)4:52 pm (241°)9:45:06< 1s5:36 am6:24 pm6:07 am5:53 pm6:39 am5:21 pm12:00 pm (31.0°)91.442
227:08 am (119°)4:53 pm (241°)9:45:09+0:025:36 am6:24 pm6:07 am5:53 pm6:39 am5:21 pm12:00 pm (31.0°)91.437
237:08 am (119°)4:53 pm (241°)9:45:15+0:065:37 am6:25 pm6:08 am5:54 pm6:40 am5:22 pm12:01 pm (31.0°)91.432
247:09 am (119°)4:54 pm (241°)9:45:24+0:095:37 am6:25 pm6:08 am5:54 pm6:40 am5:22 pm12:01 pm (31.1°)91.428
257:09 am (119°)4:55 pm (242°)9:45:37+0:125:38 am6:26 pm6:09 am5:55 pm6:41 am5:23 pm12:02 pm (31.1°)91.424
267:09 am (118°)4:55 pm (242°)9:45:53+0:155:38 am6:27 pm6:09 am5:56 pm6:41 am5:24 pm12:02 pm (31.1°)91.420
277:10 am (118°)4:56 pm (242°)9:46:12+0:195:38 am6:27 pm6:09 am5:56 pm6:41 am5:24 pm12:03 pm (31.2°)91.417
287:10 am (118°)4:57 pm (242°)9:46:34+0:225:39 am6:28 pm6:10 am5:57 pm6:42 am5:25 pm12:03 pm (31.2°)91.415
297:10 am (118°)4:57 pm (242°)9:47:00+0:255:39 am6:29 pm6:10 am5:57 pm6:42 am5:26 pm12:04 pm (31.3°)91.412
307:11 am (118°)4:58 pm (242°)9:47:29+0:285:39 am6:29 pm6:10 am5:58 pm6:42 am5:26 pm12:04 pm (31.4°)91.410
317:11 am (118°)4:59 pm (242°)9:48:01+0:325:40 am6:30 pm6:11 am5:59 pm6:42 am5:27 pm12:05 pm (31.4°)91.409
* All times are local time for Outer Banks. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Outer Banks is at 4:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 49 minutes shorter than the June solstice. In most locations north of the equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.

The earliest sunset is on December 4 or December 5.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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